Where does “submediant” come from?
submediant (English) comes from English mediant, from Italian mediante, from Medieval Latin mediante, from Latin mediāns, from Latin mediō, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.
submediant (English): The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI
Definitions
- The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI
Ancestry of “submediant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mediant | The third degree of the diatonic scale; A... |
| 2 | Italian | mediante | by, through, by means of, using; because of, as a... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | mediante | ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | mediāns | by means of |
| 5 | Latin | mediō | to halve, divide in the middle |
| 6 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 7 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 8 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |